Trauma and Shame

Gayatree Dipchan 3/13/238:48 AM

Trauma can create intense feelings of unworthiness and leave us withdrawing from those who care for us and those we have shared intimate and personal relationships with. Many times because of our vulnerability after experiencing a traumatic event, our insecurities 'rear it's ugly head'. This manifests itself in a shame response and can often generate feelings of helplessness, changing our narrative of ourself. Shame affects our perceptions, not only of ourselves but also how we perceive others perceiving us giving us a strong, potentially unrealistic 'feeling of being judged by others'.

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https://www.thetrauma-therapis...ost/the-shame-shadow

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